LOL, I said almost the exact same thing in another post.
The strategy with the FP+ system would be to tour a park first thing after opening before the lines get too long using the Standby lines. Lines typically are shortest for the first hour or two after opening. Then, hop over to a second park in the afternoon, if you have later FP+ selections for that park.
For example, be at DHS for rope drop, use the Standby lines for TSM (always first
Does this make sense?
But yeah, I understand now. That's generally what we do for FP now, visit a park in the morning and ride the big rides first, then go to another park in the afternoon and get fastpasses for those big rides in that park.
How does this encourage people to stay in a Disney hotel? I see why it would encourage the uber-planners to stay there...and book their restaurants (and now choose what they'll eat!), and book their FPs.
That's the $64,000 question. Did Disney spend all this money without intending it to help its declining onsite occupancy rate? Did Disney spend all this money without planning to supplement the EMH benefit, whose hours have been cut back?
I don't remember that: it has been known for what seems like ages now that long range detection was only with the bands and not the RFID cards, so I don't recall anyone denying that claim with respect to the cards (or calling them a troll). But it is the bands that are causing the most angst, not the cards.
I for one would just like to thank you Flynn for taking the time to carefully read and deconstruct this, and compare to the previous versions.Disney posted an updated version of the my experience app today and included an updated terms of service in it as well. Previously the tos was a gold mine in terms of details on the service... So lets look at what it talks about now!
updated terms (date march 5)
Mainly add a bunch of clarifying info... Talk about areas not covered before ( like travel agents )... And clarifying age restrictions throughout
But it does now explicitly state RFID cards are not read by the long range readers (as I and others have been trying to tell people...)
It does say guests 10 and older will automatically get charging priveldges ... I think that is a big mistake.
They talk about 'vacation notifications' now as another class of notifications you can sign up for... Including via push to the app. Hellllloooo nextgen coupons
For fp+... It now says Myw and ap holders.. When discussing the 60day window... So that's explicit for ap holders now.
No discussion of the actual limit on fp+ per day except to say it is limited. (No talk of three or another number). Without looking it up.. In pretty sure this said 3 prior and that's where 3 came from. Need to look that up
It now talks about using fp+ for restaurants where you have an arrival window and preselect a meal. I don't think we've seen this referred to as fp+ before...
They included the google tos when dealing with park maps in the app...
LOL, I said almost the exact same thing in another post.
FP+ changes how we park hop. I don't think it stops us from park hopping.
j/k
They did this to increase occupancy. Their hotels are overpriced (in the true sense of the word) and they know it. They don't want to lower the cost, so they're trying to do something that will get people back into their hotels. EMH was not working and will likely be gone in the end. They are trying to copy what Uni did, but Uni's system makes everything simple and easy. Uni makes a vacation more relaxing and fun.
I don't think it will encourage more people to plan. I think they'll have the same amount of planners they always did. Some people are planners; some aren't. Those who aren't will not be researching all this stuff before they go. They'll be learning about it when they arrive.
Eisner is no longer sitting in the CEO chair...I remember when WDW used to spend money building exciting, cutting-edge attractions and even entire theme parks.
Not sure that Disney even knows the answers to all these questions yet.
